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WorksheetsMechanical Advantage
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
Which of the following best describes 'force'?
A push or pull that can change an object's motion.
Another name for the gears
Speed
Only something in Star Wars
What can mechanisms change?
Type of movement
Speed
Force/Torque
Direction
What happens when forces are balanced on your robot?
The robot moves
The robot will not move
The robot's mass will decrease
The robot's mass will increase
Initial force input for your robot comes from the ________.
Wheels
Shafts
Motors
Gears
In order for a robot to push or pull another object, the force generated by the robot must be ________ any opposing forces.
Less than
Equal to
What is a gear train?
A type of robot
a mechanism made up of two or more gears
One gear that is moved to different places on a robot between builds
A type of force
Which of these configurations would cause increased speed?
Two gears of the same size
A small gear driving a big gear
A big gear driving a small gear
How do you find the gear ratio?
Input/Output
"In over out"
Add the teeth on input and output
Output/Input
Out "over" in
Subtract the smallest gear from the largest
